Coin-holder.



F. M. MEAD.

COIN HOLDER'. APPLLcmoN man APH. lo. me.

Patented Aug. (i, y1918.

` ve for al? n? UN i STATES PATENT OFFCE.

FRANK hi. HEAD, OF BYLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HENRY A. FOWLEB,OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

Application led April 10, 1916. Serial No. 90,019.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known ,that I, FRANK M. Maan, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Boylston, in the county of lVorcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Coin -`Holders, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings formingr a part of the same.

My invention relates to a lcoin holder for containing coins of a single denomination,

which are frequently used, such for example,

as nickels, used for car fares, and it has for its object to provide a'convenient holder for such coins whichv may be carried-in the pocket, with one end protruding therefrom to afford convenient access, and which can be operated when held by one hand, to de liver a single coin.4 Theseobjects, among others, I accomplish by the construction and arrangement of parts as .hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which` igure 1 represents one of my im )roved coin holders shown as held in the poc et.

' Fig. 2 is 'an elevation showing one 'edge of the holder.

4 but showing the coin holder reversed,4

bringing the protruding coin in position to be Withdrawn. Y l

Fig. 6 represents the same view ha section as Fig. 3, but having the delivering nozzle turned to register with the second chamber of the coin holder.

Similar reference characters refer to similar arts in the different figures.

y improved coin holder consists of a flattened tu e 1 having a central partition 2 dividing the tube into two separate chambers 3 and 4. Each of said chambers is adapted to receive'a definite number of coins of the desired denomination. The coin holder is represented in the accompanying drawings as adapted for holding nickels and each of the chambers 3 and 4 is of the proper size to hold five nickels in each chamber, when the latter are filled. The

chambers 3 and 4 are closed at their lower end and open at their upper end. Over the open end of the chambers is slipped a nozzle 5 'fitting the tube 1 sufficiently tight to cnable it to be held by friction against accidental displacement The nozzle 5 is provided with a single channel (3 of the proper size to allow the passage of a coin. lVhen placed in position the channel C registers -with one of the chambers in the tube 1. Upon the `end walls of the nozzle 5 are placed the bent springs 7 and 8 conveniently held upon the tubev by rivets 9, 9, From their point of attachn'ient by the rivets 9, 9,

vthe springs are bent inwardly as at 10, 10,

bo project into the path of the coin. From the bends 10, 10, the springs extend ontwardly, as shown at 11, 11, and from the bends 11, 1,1, the springs are again bent in- Wardly, as Vat 12, l2, with the ends 13 of the springs bearing against the inner wall of the nozzle. The nozzle 5 is removed from the end of the tube and the chambers 3 and 4. are fillediwith coins. replaced with the channel in alinement with one of the chambers il and 4, as represented in Fig.V 3, where the channel 6 is shown in alinement vwith the chamber 3. The nozzle 5 is provided with a shoulder ,14, which, in the position shown in Fig. R,

serves to close the chamber 4.

When it is desired to withdraw one of the coins, the coin holder is removed from the pocket. and inverted with a slight flirting motion which serves to carry one of the coins by its momentum past thebends 10, 10 of the springs. The force required to com press the springs by passage of a coin checks the momentum of a coin, allowingr it to be grasped b the concave sections l1, 1l which embrace the sides of the coin and hold the latter with a portion of its surface protruding from the end of the nozzle 5. 'The holder is then reversed to bring the pr0- truding coin uppermost` allowing it to be removed.

lVhen the nickels have been removed from the chamber 3, the nozzle 5'is withdrawn from the end of the tube l, turned half Way around, and replaced, bringing the channel 6 in alinement with the chamber 4, as shown in Fig. G. My improved coin holder is especially adapted for the payment of nickel car fares, allowing the holder to be removed from the pocket with one The nozzle is then hand a nickel to be thrust into the grip of the springs 7 and 8, und presented to the conductor, requiringr only one'hand in the operation, and reqmring no attention on the part of the passenger, as only a single coin 1s accessible to the conductor.

I claim,

1. A coin holder, comprisin a flattened .tube open-at one end, a arttlon dividing said tube into two coin oldling chambers, a, coin delivery member held ot'nlthe open end gf said tube and havinga single coin passage therethrough in registration with one only of said coin chambers, said 4member being rex'novable, to register its passage with the other of said coin chambers.

- 2. A coin holder comprising a flattened tube open at one end and inclosing two coin chambers, a removable nozzle held lonthe open end of said tube havingr one of its sides offset to close one of Said coin chambers, and having' a passage for the delivery of coins therethrough, provided with yielding means for holding a coin with a portion of its surface beyond the end of said nozzle.

'3. 'A ooin holder comprising a Hattened tube` open at one end., and 'havlng a central longitudinal partition forming two com chambers,` a removable nozzle held on the open end of said tube and having a passage for the delivery of coins therethrough, said passage being adapted to register with either one of said coin chambers.

Dated this sixth day ofA A ril, 1916.

' FRANK MEAD Witnesses:

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